Burial-vault.



A. P. TARR.

BURIAL VAULT. APPLI M1011 PILBDMAY 21, 1908.

918,393. Panta Apr. 13, 1909.

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Specification of Letters ?ntent.

Patented April 13, XSOQ.

Application filed Hay 21, 1908. Serial. No. fll

. l1 '0 all whom 'it moy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. Time, n. ritizen of the United Ste-tes,residing at Franklin,

in the county of Venting() and State ot Pennsylvania, have-inventedcertain new end. useful Improvements in BurioLVeults :rnd i do declarethe4 following to be o full, clean', ond

vexact description of the invention, such us `Will enable others skilledin the ort to which 1t appertarns to ineke and use the same.

This invention relates to nn pro ved cement coins orburial 'vaults Theobjec-tot the invention is to rovide i). Water-proof louter oofimdesigne( to be placed in the bottom of a greve, end which 4s composed oftwo pieces only having ineens or seahng them together water-tight titerthe casket has been placed therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide lowering devices connectedwith the inner face of the vault bottoni to )revent `tiny possibility ofmoisture entering t ie vault by Ineensof these devices.

With this and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination ond orrzuigement of parts,as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out iu theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation partly insection olt u; vault -oonstructed in accordance with this inven-I tion;F ig. 2 is e, to `pien View thereof with' the lid removed biig. 3 is :rvertical trnnsverse section thereof. i

In the embodiment illustrated, o eollin bod)Y l is shown preferablyinode in one piece und composed of cement. A continuous groove l 2 isarranged around the upper edge ol' the side end e'nd members ol' thebody l und is adopted to receive e sealing composition prelereblycomposed oll soit rement which tilled into the groove l'or connor-lingthe lid thereto, os hereinafter desrribed.

The lowering devions :is A'l :ire embedded in the bottom ol' the collinbody l on the inner lace and project through the inner loue their of toreceive the cords (not shown) lor lowering it into the frnve. 'lheselowering devices are prefere ly inode iu the l'orui ol' U- slnipedmembers lowing the legs thereoi spread 'outwardly in opposite directionsund embedded in the cement during the molding,V operation, the curvedportions o1' said meinbers projecting upwardly es shown. ihese l l l l ii l i l i l l i l l l l l i i l lowering devices 3 prelere. bly:irren-ged in poire, shown in big. iig.' embeddinof tires members in theinner ieee of tno rollin bottom all possibilityr oi' moisture entering,lthe oolnr around these membersis prevented. Yvllien disposed on theouter iure ol' the oollin, moisture iioble to follow the wires :uid possinto tbe rollin.

A lid 5 is shown, preferablyT composed ol one piece ondv provided on itsvlower luce neer the edge thereol with :i depending tongue l ol' anysuitable sho )o preferably oll o l'orin to correspond with. tue slurpeol' the groove LZ, and it is so disposed ns to lit into seid groove whenthe lid is plooed in position on tbocollni. This tongue G is also medeslightly smaller in tlm-n the groove 2 to provide for the insertion ollthe sealing com.- position between the hires oi' the groove und thetongue. Lowering devia-.es os T ore secured to the outer l'nee of thetop or lid 5 for receivinr the cord whioh posses therethrough to boldthe lid, suspended :rnd position on to the body l.

llondles os is nre prel'orubly secured to the outer loros of tbe side.members :is sl'ioun in Fig. 1 lor moving the rollin from platre tophare.

lower it into thelow mpr oords nre possed through the devices fl in thebottom oi the body portion tlfroreol' :ind the vault is lowered into thebottoux oi the 4orue in the marinier usuol with other roilins, the rords:titer lowering tbe placed therein, the lid is lou'errd on to tbe rollinor voult bod)Y l by moons ol cords pos-sed through the members '7 andthe tongue o 'lits` into the groove 2 ond is sealed therein by inonnsolthe seoling composition 3.

lfrom the loregoing description, token in connection with thenrcompunying drawings, the cmistruction und operation ol' the inventionwill be readily understood without re quiring u more extendedexplzinotion.

\'zirions rlurnges in the ll'orm, proportion :ind the minor detrdls oiermstrurtion moy be resorted to without deportiupr ir-om the prinripleor neri'lioiiugy env' ol' tbe iulvonteges ol tbe intention, ns de'iinedin the appended claims.

,ln the use o1" this improved rement vuult,

oosition is :wronged in the grooros 2 preler- "I claim as myinvention: 1. A cement burial vault or outer coiin having loweringdevices embedded in the bottom thereof on its inner face, each ol saiddevices having downwardly and outwardly inclined lateral arms 'extendingin opposite directions terminating within said bottom at points remotel'roni its outer lace t0 prevent moisture from penetrating said bottoni.

2. A ceinent burial vault or Collin having lowering devices secured tothe bottoni thereof on its inner fx1-ce :md comprising ep roXieieeeposite diottoni at the` outer face thereof I and` with the curvedportions projecting into mately inverted U-sliftped devices wit i the lthe coffin.

In testimony whereof have `hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- 20 nesses.

ALBERT F. TARE. Witnesses: Y

J. L. KINSEY,

ROBERT NSPEER.

